Fellowship is the highest class of membership within GSA, which strives to promote multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research in aging and disseminate gerontological knowledge, as well as support and advocate for aging education. This honor acknowledges significant contributions to or performance in the field of gerontology, as evidenced by publications in peer-reviewed journals, funded research projects, directorship of nationally recognized aging-related policy programs and/or participation within the GSA.

Locher’s research interests are in the areas of nutrition and aging. Specifically, her work addresses the heightened nutritional risk that occurs during home health encounters – particularly following hospitalization – which may contribute to downward spirals in health status, leading to frailty and poor health outcomes that include increased health services utilization and mortality.

An estimated 625 students will participate in the commencement ceremony, and 745 students will graduate. The university’s highest degrees will be conferred on 79 students from 18 states and seven countries in the doctoral hooding ceremony.

Following hip fracture increases after a reduction in reimbursement rates for DXA scans led to fewer scans, a UAB physician joined other advocates and successfully lobbied to increase DXA scan reimbursements to better identify and reduce hip fractures.

Christopher S. Brown, Ph.D., former vice president of Research for the University of North Carolina System and director and primary investigator of the NASA/North Carolina Space Grant, tapped to grow UAB’s $500 million annual research portfolio.

For the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Human Rights Award celebration, Henry Panion III designed a showcase of Alabama artists and the legacy of the civil rights movement. Central to the production are selections and performing artists from guitarist Eric Essix’s new recording “This Train: The Gospel Sessions.”